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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (35)
ontar1
Cool, love the pov!
UVDan
Pretty awesome!
Juliette.Gribnau
most impressive capture !
Faemike55
Great capture Cool POV
jayfar
This is a super Candidate for the January Challenge on the letter 'C'.
ia-du-lin
great view, beautiful capture, Happy new year!
SunriseGirl
Yes, this is a super "C" item... very impressive
farmerC
Exellent shot.
giulband
Very good shot !!
drifterlee
Cool column shot!
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful,
JuliSonne
YES...that is Berlin!!! Cool capture!!!
sandra46
WONDERFUL WORK
flavia49
gorgeous POV and capture
angora
wonderful!! love this!
jocko500
look like it goes far and the door look like a diff world to walk in
bazza
Wow so neat, I would love to be able to walk down the path with the columns on each side.. Super capture Sig.
RaykesPictures
Cool! Nice pov.
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture!!!
illkirch
Massive architecture. Nice shot
X-PaX
Very nice capture.
Celart
Impressive POV. Great capture
Richardphotos
a picture I posted of a local park has obviously this in mind but not near as elegant. I love seeing perspectives like this. thanks for sharing
erlandpil
Great capture erland
tigertim
One word.. Spectacular!!
starship64 Online Now!
I love this angle. Beautiful shot!
K_T_Ong
Very interesting angle of view with the two rows of columns stretching on before the viewer. Gives the strong feel of leading to a destination. Like the classical style architecture too.
sossy
sieht beeindruckend aus! all die vielen säulen und die decke ist der hammer! ;o)
dakotabluemoon
I would love to see all of this most awesome image here.
e-brink
This is a stunner. Very interesting shot.